NEW DELHI: Indian-origin Republican candidate Nikki Haley has lashed out at her GOP rival Vivek Ramaswamy after the entrepreneur’s “childish” reference to her Indian birth name on his website.
The two Indian-origin candidates, who are vying for a Republican nomination for the 2024 US Presidential polls, have been taking potshots at each other over the last few weeks with the GOP race getting intense.
Haley has called out Ramaswamy for his “lack of foreign policy experience” and has been targeting him over his position on America’s ties with Israel.
During the GOP debate last week, the former South Carolina governor said that Ramaswamy wants US to stop funding Israel. Haley repeated her charge at Monday’s town hall.
Hitting back, Ramaswamy’s campaign website referred to Haley by her birth name and said that her “desperation is showing”.
“WRONG. Keep lying, Namrata (sic) Randhawa. The desperation is showing,” Ramaswamy’s website read earlier with an incorrect spelling of her birth name. The spelling was later rectified.
Nimarata Randhawa is Nikki Haley’s birth name. However, Haley publicly goes by her legal middle name “Nikki”.
Haley responded strongly to Ramaswamy’s jibe, saying that she is “not going to get into childish name-calling”
“I mean, he of all people should know better than that. But I’ve given up on him knowing better than anything at this point,” Haley told Fox News Digital.
Haley added that Ramaswamy’s “childish and demeaning” side was apparent during the GOP debate last week.
Ramaswamy’s camp reacted to Haley’s remarks, wondering when and how the entrepreneur made fun of Haley’s name.
“How is he making fun of her name? His name is Vivek Ramaswamy,” his camp told Fox News Digital.
The latest exchange between the two Indian-origin candidates come days after they were locked in a heated war of words during the Republican presidential debate.
During the debate, Haley said Ramaswamy has “no foreign policy experience and it shows.”
“He wants to hand Ukraine to Russia, he wants to let China eat Taiwan, he wants to go and stop funding Israel. You don’t do that to friends. What you do instead is you have the backs of your friends,” Haley said.
Ramaswamy responded, “Our relationship with Israel would never be stronger than by the end of my first term, but it’s not a client relationship, it’s a friendship, and you know what friends do? Friends help each other stand on their own two feet.”
The two Indian-origin candidates, who are vying for a Republican nomination for the 2024 US Presidential polls, have been taking potshots at each other over the last few weeks with the GOP race getting intense.
Haley has called out Ramaswamy for his “lack of foreign policy experience” and has been targeting him over his position on America’s ties with Israel.
During the GOP debate last week, the former South Carolina governor said that Ramaswamy wants US to stop funding Israel. Haley repeated her charge at Monday’s town hall.
Hitting back, Ramaswamy’s campaign website referred to Haley by her birth name and said that her “desperation is showing”.
“WRONG. Keep lying, Namrata (sic) Randhawa. The desperation is showing,” Ramaswamy’s website read earlier with an incorrect spelling of her birth name. The spelling was later rectified.
Nimarata Randhawa is Nikki Haley’s birth name. However, Haley publicly goes by her legal middle name “Nikki”.
Haley responded strongly to Ramaswamy’s jibe, saying that she is “not going to get into childish name-calling”
“I mean, he of all people should know better than that. But I’ve given up on him knowing better than anything at this point,” Haley told Fox News Digital.
Haley added that Ramaswamy’s “childish and demeaning” side was apparent during the GOP debate last week.
Ramaswamy’s camp reacted to Haley’s remarks, wondering when and how the entrepreneur made fun of Haley’s name.
“How is he making fun of her name? His name is Vivek Ramaswamy,” his camp told Fox News Digital.
The latest exchange between the two Indian-origin candidates come days after they were locked in a heated war of words during the Republican presidential debate.
During the debate, Haley said Ramaswamy has “no foreign policy experience and it shows.”
“He wants to hand Ukraine to Russia, he wants to let China eat Taiwan, he wants to go and stop funding Israel. You don’t do that to friends. What you do instead is you have the backs of your friends,” Haley said.
Ramaswamy responded, “Our relationship with Israel would never be stronger than by the end of my first term, but it’s not a client relationship, it’s a friendship, and you know what friends do? Friends help each other stand on their own two feet.”
